midiplus miniEngine pro USB host MIDI sound module

I am delighted with this product. Most of the sounds are good. There are some sounds not do good - like the piano sounds. But I have an electronic piano for those. What this box does is enable me to use my keyboard controller as a live "middle 8" instrument during live gigs.

This gives you 127 basic midi sounds. You need a trigger (piano keys, buttons etc) and an amplifier or headphones to hear the sound.

THIS THING SOUNDS EXCELLENT!What are the reviewers saying is different from what I heard. Maybe these new 2024 models of the midi engine pro are upgraded because with its reverb turned on the sound is more good than the roland boutique modules I recently returned. This module sounds excellent and costs only 99.00? Wow! Thank You Amazon.com for offering the coolest gear we can get.Sincerely,Michael

It is exactly what they describe. You plug it in and it just works. Seems to have no latency and it has enough volume in the headphones. I might have an unusual use case for this product, but all i wanted was a 49 key digital piano. I spent months and looked at hundreds of products and you can't find a digital piano with full sized keys under 61 keys. (There is a $250 25 key digital piano available but 25 keys is a useless number for anyone who plays with both hands) Everything smaller than 61 keys are synthesizer keyboards, which are basically just toys. Most of them also have microkeys and that is fine for a child's toy but i have adult sized fingers. Finding a keyboard with 49 keys that are full sized and velocity sensative meant i had to go with a midi keyboard and then i had to drag a laptop around, and finding inexpensive software that works for just playing, what a joke. It seems like the only thing the industry wants us do with midi keyboards is write music. If you just want to play a 49 key piano it is just too much hassle. So for $80 for the keyboard (midiplus ak490) and then $80 for this midipro sound module, i spent $160 but now i have a 49 key digital piano that i don't need a laptop for. Pretty silly that noone just simply makes compact digital pianos with full sized keys but i got what i wanted anyhow.

Seemed ok but couldn’t get it to work

Cet appareil est parfait pour ceux qui veulent ne pas dépendre d'un ordinateur pour s'exercer sur un miniclavier ou bien sur un clavier régulier midi. Bien sûr, ce n'est pas de qualité professionnelle, mais je vous dirais que pour le prix, c'est plus que convenable, voire un peu surprenant dans le sens positif. Aucune latence, d'une simplicité bien appréciée avec deux entrées midi, quoi de plus, c'est excellent. Dans l'ensemble, je suis très satisfait et je le recommande à tous ceux qui pour un prix bien raisonnable veulent s'affranchir de leur PC pour s'exercer sur midi.

The customer service basically throw my problem as feedbacks to engineer team without given any answers or solution to my problem. I had two units, one bought not long ago, one bought just recently, they have very different firmware version and different sounds. I need them to be the same so they can be used for two same controllers interchangeably. MidiPlus rep. 1st denied the sound were different, and doesn't offer a way to upgrade the firmware, not willing to swap the hardware with the same firmware .... Basically, this customer service other than pass on my details feedbacka to benefit their internal information but not doing anything for me at all, nor responding after my request for clear solution. This is just worthless and totally useless customer service I've seen. I've given up on TaHorng more MidiPlus) whatever! Terrible product customer service!

I think this device is brilliant for my practice needs.Lots of the sounds are acceptable for my needs.I'm able to turn it on and I'm away and practicing in seconds.No need to boot up my computer and run any DAW software etc.This device has inspired me to practice more and in the short time (couple of months) I have had it I can already feel the improvement in my playing. The pre-set buttons make switching sounds to some preferred one so easy. I've seen online that some people hook up 2 keyboards to it and have different sounds allocated to each. That's my next task to work out. I'm going to get another when the price comes down. Best bit of kit I've bought. I must've been lucky as I haven't had any noise issues with mine or any other problems but I've only had it a short time so we'll see.

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The first unit I got was so noisy that I could barely hear the sounds coming out of it... I set up a return/exchange through Amazon. The 2nd unit is a bit noisy, but tolerably so.That being said, for the price, this product is AMAZING. I have Arturia's Keystep 37, and Novation's Launchkey Mink Mk3. I'm able to connect one device through MIDI, and the other through USB. This gives me the option to assign both to the same MIDI channel (basically letting me use both keyboards as one big keyboard), OR I can assign a different instrument to each controller (think bass on one, piano on the other).As I was enjoying this for practice, and composition, I accidentally hit one of the pads on the Launchkey Mini... A drum sound came out... This, actually, makes sense, as by default the pads (in drum mode) send on channel 10, and general MIDI uses channel 10 for drums.This got me to thinking... I can set an arpeggio on the Mini, and play drums on a different channel... On the Keystep, I can set a channel for a sequence, them play over the sequence on a different channel. Could I play four sounds at the same time?Yes. Using four different MIDI channels on the two devices allows selecting and simultaneously playing four DIFFERENT instrument sounds (and different effects and volume levels on each). This. Is. Amazing. Now, I don't know what the limit is, but I suspect it may be limitied to the polyphony of the device (64 note, I believe?), and the number of MIDI channels (16). Unfortunately I have no way to test this. (This could be especially useful on a MIDI device with multiple sequencer tracks, like Arturia's Keystep Pro, for instance)If you're expecting studio quality sounds, this isn't the device for you. It's general MIDI. If you remember the glut of synths that started appearing in the late 80s with general midi, having piano as program one, and including things like a honky-tonk piano, organs, woodwinds, drums, effects, etc, that's what you get. Not the highest quality, but CERTAINLY usable, and, really, if you're looking for a lo-fi vibe, this feels and sounds great. Added bonus for this specific device: it has an internal battery, and has inputs for USB MIDI and standard MIDI (with an included TRS adapter). The battery life isn't life shattering (3-4 hours?), but it'll work if you find yourself without power, and it will also run on an external power bank (I use a small power bank to power the controller that I'm talking to through MIDI, as well as this device).Finally, if you like hard cases for all your gear (like I do), I purchased a case from Amazon called "Aproca Hard Storage Travel Storage Case for Tribit StormBox Micro Bluetooth Speaker", it isn't made specifically for this, but fits perfectly, and has room for the TRS MIDI adapter, instructions, and USB charging cable.Bottom line (TL;DR): It's portable, affordable, and more useful than they let on. If you're looking for a small, portable device for practicing on your MIDI controllers (without needing a computer), or, like making music that sounds a bit lo-fi, this may be exactly what you're looking for (if you get one that's really noisy, send it back for a replacement). If you're looking for studio-quality sounds, look elsewhere (and be prepared to spend hundreds, or thousands of dollars).

Good fun little jigger. Does what it is meant to.

Los timbres son decentes no profesionales pero tiene un desagradable ruido de fondo hissssssss y hummmmm

The quality is good as a basic unit. As a basic unit the audio quality is good for general instrument sounds. It is sensitive to cell phone interference if you get it too close. Overall it is a good value for connecting our practice keyboard.